Movie 'Bottle Shock' recounts the historic 1976 Paris wine-tasting contest

"Bottle Shock," a new independent film based, very loosely, on the famous 1976 blind tasting in Paris in which two California wines came out on top, much to the chagrin of the expert -- and very French -- wine tasters, opens today at theaters across the Southland.

By S. Irene Virbila

August 6, 2008